Once again I must address the issue of Advanced funding Versus Full funding.
Advanced funding does not fix the problems of the VA
What it does is give the VA advance notice by one year of how much money they are going to get.
say for example you are told that next year you are going to receive $45,000 dollars. You plan your expenses to be $45,000 now something unexpected comes up in the Month of March that shows you are going to need $50,000 to make it to the end of the year if you don't change your spending habits.
You have no choice. something has to happen or you will tun out of money before the end of the year. So you change what you eat you change how much you spend for food. You raise the thermostate and make the house a bit more uncomfortable in the summer and lower it in the winter to make it a bit colder inside in the winter. You do everything you can to make sure you dont go over the $45,000 allocated for the year.
This is what the VA would have to do if it forsaw a deficit. They would cut the Quality of care the would cut the number of patients they would spread appointments out instead of seeing a primary care on a monthly basis you may only see them quarterly.
This is the result of advanced funding
Fully funding says the VA will receive what ever $ amount they spend on health care thus allowing for better treatment and no refusal of treatment due to a forseen shortfall in funding.
Advanced funding does not fix the problems of the VA
What it does is give the VA advance notice by one year of how much money they are going to get.
say for example you are told that next year you are going to receive $45,000 dollars. You plan your expenses to be $45,000 now something unexpected comes up in the Month of March that shows you are going to need $50,000 to make it to the end of the year if you don't change your spending habits.
You have no choice. something has to happen or you will tun out of money before the end of the year. So you change what you eat you change how much you spend for food. You raise the thermostate and make the house a bit more uncomfortable in the summer and lower it in the winter to make it a bit colder inside in the winter. You do everything you can to make sure you dont go over the $45,000 allocated for the year.
This is what the VA would have to do if it forsaw a deficit. They would cut the Quality of care the would cut the number of patients they would spread appointments out instead of seeing a primary care on a monthly basis you may only see them quarterly.
This is the result of advanced funding
Fully funding says the VA will receive what ever $ amount they spend on health care thus allowing for better treatment and no refusal of treatment due to a forseen shortfall in funding.
Now you tell me which is better for our veterans? 
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